Comments on: FOLLOWUP: Where next week’s encampment cleanup east of Myers Way will, and won’t, gohttp://westseattleblog.com/2018/03/followup-where-next-weeks-encampment-cleanup-east-of-myers-way-will-and-wont-go/
West Seattle news, 24/7Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:50:49 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4By: WSBhttp://westseattleblog.com/2018/03/followup-where-next-weeks-encampment-cleanup-east-of-myers-way-will-and-wont-go/#comment-2137963
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:33:47 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2137963Please don’t use the term “fake news” – it’s an incorrect and undeserved insult to journalists including our counterparts in local TV news, who work hard too. The only outlets it REALLY does apply to is the actual fake “clickbait” sites out there, but don’t get me started. In terms of real news coverage, there are often circumstances you’d know nothing about. Such as: Accessibility for photography. Regarding the trucks, backhoes, hazmat suits, is all this visible from your house? We’d be happy to come over for photos. We asked if there would be an opportunity to be escorted onto the slope for photography and, no, there wasn’t; I’m sure they asked the same thing. We haven’t had time to get over there yet for a 509 driveby because it’s been a ridiculously busy two days on other stories and we did our part breaking the news that this was happening (the only reason that TV station even knew about it, as to date there’s been no official city announcement, and I was the only journalist at the recent C2CCAC meeting where it was first discussed) … Previously, given the slope access issue, all we had been able to do was shoot while driving by (and riskily, as it required slowing down a bit on a freeway), and as someone pointed out, that doesn’t “do it justice.” Or, do you have photos? editor@westseattleblog.com – TR
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Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:18:24 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2137961I saw Q13 Tues. night report on this encampment and it was a total whitewash… they showed a couple sites up top that were very clean and never showed the garbage avalanches you see from the highway. Thats – Fake News-

I have yet to see any video of the army of trucks and back hoes, bulldozers and colorful hazmat suits they were wearing.

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Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:55:36 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2137950I have to wonder what percentage of the Seattle Metro transient homeless population is simply here due to the easy access to drugs. If Seattle took a hard line against the sale, distribution and even possession heroin, crack and meth like southern states I’m willing to bet our homeless population would drastically decrease. Those not here for the hard drugs who do want to work and find permanent housing would stand a much better chance.
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Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:07:31 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2137402I drive on Meyers Way every day. Every time I do I see drug deals, abandoned cars(stolen), and solicitation of prostitution. The amount of garbage and waste there is ruining the eco system and environment. I have seen multiple knife fights and poor sick animals running loose. The police refuse to do anything about it because they say they have no jurisdiction. It’s a lawless land. It is inexcusable that the city is allowing this level of destruction. We need a zero tolerance policy. Throwing money at the problem isn’t helping.

“No one has the legal right to destroy public land or create a public heath risk by leaving hypodermic needles and drugs in the open. No one has the right to take over public spaces like sidewalks and parks.

People do not have the right to destroy wetlands or pollute the environment with dangerous propane tanks strewn about. No one has the right to trespass on private property, leaving property owners with thousands of dollars in damages.”

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Sun, 11 Mar 2018 01:56:48 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2137176Bravo!
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Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:18:02 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136918Sadly, there have been plenty of documented “bad” incidents and still, the pendulum continues on the current trajectory. Thank the city council, the ACLU, the mayor(S), and all of the Seattle voters who think it is okay for the young to be trafficked, business owners to lose their lively hoods, and tax payers to fill the pockets of service providers who are doing nothing to better the situation for anyone, especially the homeless. 697 homeless deaths over five years? But, hey, let’s distract everyone with the hope of an NHL team! Obviously, we need a complete overhaul of the city government.

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Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:12:48 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136895There is no hope for the homeless situation. In the past decade, with all of the policies the city & county put in place, with all of the monies collected & spent, with all of the departments & organizations working to solve the problem, with all of the declarations made, the situation continues to deteriorate. It will take two high profile “bad” incidents (murders, sex trafficking, etc), in close succession, for the pendulum to swing the other way.
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Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:04:54 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136754Nothing is stopping you from living under a tarp outside, if you are really that jealous of that lifestyle.

Lucky for you, you have the choice to live homeless. Many of these folks don’t.

But, by all means, don’t let anybody get in the way of you deciding to throw away your prosperity and wealth just because you’re so mad that people are living “for free” in the woods.

]]>By: Ex-Westwood Residenthttp://westseattleblog.com/2018/03/followup-where-next-weeks-encampment-cleanup-east-of-myers-way-will-and-wont-go/#comment-2136752
Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:00:28 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136752 So everyone has to be “offered a place to go.” What happens if they don’t want to go???

Will the city/county/state arrest them for trespassing?

Last year at an encampment across from Goodwill on Dearborn, 95 or so people, were offered services from the Navigation Team and many other organizations. Want to know how many took them up on it???

SIX, yes 6 people. These people don’t want help

“1994” in the last 10 years, the city and county have spent well over $1,000,000,000 on the “homeless.”

Last year the city, county, state AND private organizations combined to spend over $1,000,000,000!!!

The “Homeless Industrial Complex” is the most successful business in the city/count and state. They take money given to them and produce NOTHING or help VERY few people.

What needs to happen is for EVERYONE to DEMAND a FULL accounting of where, who, what and when received tax funds to aid the homeless. I can tell you this, SHARE/LIHI have not provided ANY records of accounting for how much they received and/or spent.

]]>By: 56brickshttp://westseattleblog.com/2018/03/followup-where-next-weeks-encampment-cleanup-east-of-myers-way-will-and-wont-go/#comment-2136738
Thu, 08 Mar 2018 21:16:36 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136738But, it’s my right to live for free while the publice provides all services and amenities. It’s your duty to provide all that for free. After all, it’s FREE so it can’t be costing others THEIR hard earned dollars,right? I mean, it’s FREE! You OWE me. After the last idiot/judge ruling I’m seriously thinking about dumping the whole mortgage/rent/business owner responsibility charade,buying an absolutely POS motorhome and parking it in a choice view spot(preferably in front of mayor/cc homes), throwing the “It’s my home” tag on it and spend my money on vacations in the south of France. And since I’ll also be closing my business I’ll no longer be paying taxes and will claim indigency so my health insurance and everything else will be FREE! FREE!FREE!FREE! Ya gotta love it. Who said ya gotta plan and save for retirement was dead wrong. Just move to Seattle. Hell, we’ll probably pay your relocation costs. But remember to vote D. Even if you’re dead. End. (For now)
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Thu, 08 Mar 2018 04:42:40 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136620I agree with 1994. Our city has become a mess.
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Thu, 08 Mar 2018 04:41:23 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136619Please post this report on WCN. Thanks.
]]>By: 1994http://westseattleblog.com/2018/03/followup-where-next-weeks-encampment-cleanup-east-of-myers-way-will-and-wont-go/#comment-2136615
Thu, 08 Mar 2018 04:22:54 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136615Borrowing a term read elsewhere, the Homeless Industrial Complex thrives on.

The amount of money Seattle & King Co spend on homeless services is nuts.

]]>By: KThttp://westseattleblog.com/2018/03/followup-where-next-weeks-encampment-cleanup-east-of-myers-way-will-and-wont-go/#comment-2136604
Thu, 08 Mar 2018 02:37:53 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136604Let’s play whack-a-mole…..
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Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:34:22 +0000http://westseattleblog.com/?p=910694#comment-2136524I asked if there was a plan for fencing; Lemke didn’t think so but referred me back to WSDOT, and I haven’t asked them yet.
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